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Summary

Cornerstone: Building on Your Best, Second Edition, is a program geared toward empowering students to make responsible choices in college and in life. Its four parts encompass all of the major areas of a freshman orientation course, including transition to college, goal setting, stress management, study skills, health, relationships, resources, and careers. In addition, it also includes unique and powerful chapters on such important topics as motivation, self-esteem, and diversity.

Table of Contents

Nothing Stays the Same: Preparing for and Dealing with Change

1

(24)

Why Address Change?

3

(1)

Why Cornerstone? What Can This Book and This Course Do for You?

4

(1)

At This Moment, A Self-Assessment

5

(3)

Why College?

6

(2)

The Significance of Your College Experience

8

(1)

An Insider's View

8

(2)

World of Work

10

(13)

What Do You Want? Thinking about Your Choices

11

(2)

Changes in the Days to Come

13

(1)

Premises about Change

14

(1)

Change Is Never Easy

15

(1)

Change Is Almost Always Met with Resistance

15

(1)

The Person Who Initiates Change Is Almost Always Unpopular

15

(1)

Change Creates Unfamiliar Ground

15

(1)

Change Takes Courage

16

(1)

Physical and Emotional Reactions to Change

16

(2)

Preparing for and Dealing with Change

18

(1)

Attitudes That Hinder Change

19

(1)

Changing Behaviors

20

(1)

Get Involved in the Change

20

(1)

Let Go

20

(1)

Hold On

20

(1)

Ask for Help

20

(1)

Develop a Sense of Humor

21

(1)

Focus on the Outcome

21

(1)

Search for Truth

21

(1)

Take Risks

21

(1)

Have an Open Mind

21

(1)

View Change as Growth

21

(1)

Communicate with People

21

(1)

Maintain Perspective

21

(1)

A Moment in Time

21

(2)

Cornerstones for Dealing with Change

23

(1)

Blueprints for Lifelong Learning: A Journey in Critical Thinking

24

(1)

Planning Your Dreams: Motivation, Goal-Setting, and Self-Esteem

25

(28)

You Are on Your Own

27

(2)

At This Moment, A Self-Assessment

29

(9)

The Impact of Values on Motivation and Goal Setting

30

(1)

Motivation Comes from Within

31

(1)

Attitude---The First Step in Getting What You Want

31

(3)

Choose Your Friends Carefully

34

(1)

Overcoming Doubts and Fears

34

(1)

Moving Out of Your Comfort Zone

35

(1)

Dealing with Adversity and Failure

36

(2)

The Goal-Setting Process

38

(1)

An Insider's View

38

(1)

World of Work

39

(12)

Characteristics of Attainable Goals

40

(1)

How to Write Goals

41

(4)

Evaluation Plan for Your Goals

45

(1)

The Impact of Self-Esteem on Your Motivation

45

(1)

Conditions of Self-Esteem

46

(1)

What Makes Me Who I Am

46

(1)

Influences on Self-Esteem

47

(1)

Behaviors Associated with Poor Self-Esteem

48

(1)

Improving Your Self-Esteem

49

(1)

Why Shoud You Do It?

49

(1)

Ways to Increase Your Self-Esteem

49

(1)

Using Motivation and Self-Esteem to Accomplish Goals

50

(1)

Cornerstones for Motivation, Goal Setting, and Self-Esteem

51

(1)

Blueprints for Lifelong Learning: A Journey in Critical Thinking

52

(1)

How Are You Smart?: A Personal Journey into Multiple Intelligences, Learning Styles, and Personality Typing

53

(28)

Understanding Our Strengths

55

(1)

At This Moment, A Self-Assessment

56

(1)

Discovering and Polishing Your Talents

57

(1)

An Insider's View

57

(1)

World of Work

58

(21)

The Multiple Intelligences Survey

59

(3)

Understanding Multiple Intelligences

62

(1)

The Eight Multiple Intelligences

62

(1)

Visual/Spatial

62

(1)

Verbal/Linguistic

62

(1)

Musical/Rhythm

62

(1)

Logic/Math

62

(1)

Body/Kinesthetic

63

(1)

Interpersonal

63

(1)

Intra-personal

63

(1)

Naturalistic

63

(1)

Using Multiple Intelligences to Enhance Studying and Learning

63

(3)

Understanding Learning Styles Theory

66

(1)

Take the LEAD

66

(1)

Learning Styles

67

(1)

Visual

68

(1)

Auditory

68

(1)

Tactile

68

(1)

What Are the Similarities and Differences Among Multiple Intelligence Theory and Learning Styles Theory?

68

(1)

Take the PAP

69

(3)

Understanding Personality Typing (Typology)

72

(1)

Functions of Personality Typology

72

(1)

Extroversion/Introversion

73

(1)

Sensing/Intuition

73

(1)

Thinking/Feeling

73

(1)

Judging/Perceiving

74

(1)

A Closer Look at Your Personality Type

75

(1)

Using Your Personality Type to Enhance Learning

76

(3)

Cornerstones of Learnning Styles

79

(1)

Blueprints for Lifelong Learning: A Journey in Critical Thinking

80

(1)

Think Before You Leap: Using Critical Thinking Skills in College and Life

81

(24)

At This Moment, A Self-Assessment

84

(2)

A Working Definition of Critical Thinking

85

(1)

The Importance of Critical Thinking

85

(1)

An Insider's View

86

(1)

A Plan for Critical Thinking

87

(1)

World of Work

87

(16)

Emotional Restraint

88

(2)

Thinking on a Higher Level

90

(1)

Analyzing Information

91

(1)

Questioning Assumptions and Common Truths

92

(2)

Problem Solving

94

(3)

Distinguishing Fact from Opinion

97

(2)

Seeking Truth in Arguments and Persuasion

99

(4)

Cornerstones for Critical Thinking

103

(1)

Blueprints for Lifelong Learning: A Journey in Critical Thinking

104

(1)

So Much to Do, So Little Time to Do It: Priority Management

105

(32)

What Is Time?

107

(1)

Managing Time So You'll Have More Fun

108

(1)

At This Moment

108

(1)

A Self-Assessment

109

(1)

Working Hard and Playing Hard

109

(1)

An Insider's View

110

(1)

It's that ``p'' Word: Procrastinatate?

111

(1)

World of Work

111

(24)

Why Is It So Easy to Procrastinate?

112

(1)

So, How Do You Overcome the ``p'' Word?

112

(1)

The Difference Between Being and Doing

113

(3)

Juggling Multiple Priorities

116

(2)

Your Body's Cycles

118

(1)

Maximizing Your Talents

119

(1)

Planning--The Secret to Priority Management

120

(7)

Thinking Long Range

127

(2)

Important Principles for Priority Management at Work

129

(2)

Important Principles for Priority Management at Home

131

(2)

Building a Priority Management Plan

133

(2)

Cornerstones of Priority Management

135

(1)

Blueprints for Lifelong Learning: A Journey in Critical Thinking

136

(1)

I Heard You! I Heard You! What Did You Say?: The Art of Active Listening